Railway-rail.



0. S. HALL.

RAILWAY RAIL. APPLicATloN FILED AuG.29. 1914.

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ORVLLE S.v HALL, 0F CANTON, OHIO.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14e, ti'.

Application led August), 1914. Serial No. 859,188.

To all whom t may concern Be 1t known that I, ORvILLn S. HALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful lmprovements in ,Railway-Rails, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in means for connecting the meeting ends of two railway rails, the primaryobject being to provide a simple, comparatively cheap and thoroughly effective device whereby the said rails will be effectively and securely connected.

With the above and other objects in view, the improvement resides in the construction, Y combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the 'following Aspecification and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

ln the drawings: Figure l is a side elevation of a rail joint constructed in accordance with the present invention, Fig. 2 is a similar view but looking toward the opposite side, Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the same, F ig. l is a sectional view on the line -lof Fig.v3, Fig. 5 is a similar sectional view on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3, Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 6 6 of Fig. l, Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view approximately on the line 7-7 of Fig. 8, Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the chair member, Fig. 9 isa similar view of one of the wedge plates, and Fig. 10 is a similar view of one of the rail ends.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, l-l designate the ends of two abutting rails. rFliese rails are of the ordinary construction, and in the present instancethe said rails have their webs from their ends provided with longitudinally extending slots or openings 2 and their webs further provided with one or more bolt openings arranged at the rear of the slot. The joint includes a chair 3 which is provided with a horizontally straight base 4l, and one of the longitudinal edges of said base is formed with an inwardly extending angular flange 5 which terminates in a vertical longitudinally extending plate 6. The flange 5 is adapted to overlie and engage with the base flanges of the rails, when thersaid rails are arranged upon the chair, while the plate 6 engages within the fishing spaces of one of the sides of the rails. The plate 6, in the present instance, is centrally enlarged or thickened, as at 7. Formed upon the upper edge of the plate 6 and extending longitudinally therewith is a crest 8, the said crest being of a maximum thickness at the central portion of the chair, and having its outer face inclined in o iposite directions to the ends thereof. The vertical plate is provided with one or more bolt opening-'s 9 which are preferably arranged adjacent the outer ends thereof, and the longitudinal outer edge of the base provided with the rail engaging members, just described, is formed with bosses l0, whereby the vertically arranged openings 1l may be provided at the longitudinal edges of the rail base, so that spikes l?. passing through the said openings and into the ties i3, will. Contact with the longitudinal edges of the base flanges of the rails l. rEhe meeting ends of the rails are adapted to be arranged central of the chair and therefore central of the crest 8,.and the upper face of said crest, at the central portion thereof, preferably extends a slightibut suitable distance above the heads of the rails, the said upper face being inclined in opposite directions from the central portion and the projecting portion of the crest provides a bearing surface for the treads of the wheels of the rolling stock to overcome 'the liability of the tipping of the said rail enos as well as the shock and jar incident to the Vpassage of the wheels over the gap at the rail ends. g

The, base l of the chair 3 is provided upon its opposite longitudinal edge with a rail engaging short side or iiange lll, the same including a vertical extension or plate. The short, flanged side member la is comparatively thick, and the opposite ends thereof are formed upon their inner faces with grooves or pockets 16 which correspond to the inner contour of the said iiange or side. The vertical member or plate of the side la below its rail head engaging edge is connected with the plate 6 by a longitu dinally extending web 17, the said web being of a length equaling the length of the inner face of the said vertical member or plate between the end grooves or depression 16. The longitudinal edge of the base l has suitable spike openings 18 which are preferably arranged adjacent the opposite corners of the said plate at the opposite ends ofV the short side or flange lll, and through which the spikes l2 pass.

The rails are moved upon the base 4c of the chair toward each other, so that the web 17 will be received within the slots 2 of the said rails and their bolt openings aline with the bolt openings in the plate 6. YWhen the rails are thus positioned,'angu lar side wedge members 19 and 2O respectively are arranged upon the nase at the opposite sides of the flange 14. Thesemembers 19 and 2O have their inner faces shaped to conform to the shape of the rails againstV adapted to register with the spike openings 18 in the base 4, and one end of each o ofthe said members 19 and 20is adapted to be forced into one of the oppositely disposed-grooves or pockets 16 formed upon the central member provided by the flange 14. It should here be stated that the ends of themembers 19 and 2O which engage with the longitudinal walls provided Vby the groove or pocket may be wedge-shaped as may also the said longitudinal walls of the pockets, so that the members 19 fand'. 20

Y will be forced into tight contact with the rails 11 when positionedupon the chair.` Bolts 23 are passed through Athe openings in the members19-20, ythe plate 6 andthe webs' of thev rails, nuts 24 engaging the said bolts-to retain the same uponthe joint.

YThe outer faces ofthe angular flange 5 and the flangedportions of the members 19 and- 20 may engage with one of the edges of the nuts as illustrated in the drawings, in

which instance the heads of the bolts must' i necessarily be-providedwith slots or grooves for the reception of driving means, and

this arrangement will effectively prevent 'i the nuts from working loose from the bolts.

Having I claim is: Y v

In a rail joint, the combination with the thus described the invention, what meeting ends of two rails each having its web slotted longitudinally from its end, of

a chair,said,chair including a ybase upon which the rails rest, the chair having one of its edges'formed with a flange, the inner face of whichv being shaped Vto engage with the rails within the fishing spaces, the oppo! site longitudinal edge of the chair being centrally formed with a comparatively shortlside flange* which has its inner face shapedV to engage with the base flange and within a the fishing spaces'of the rails, saidshort side having its edges formed with pockets, 'a horizontally disposed longitudinally extend-l ing web disposed between thepoclrets of the short side and connecting said short side kl[lange with the long side flange of Ythe'chair,V

angular vwedge plates engaging the sides of the rails inserted ,within the pockets from' Y the opposite ends ofY the'short side ofthe chair, the said wedge members having securing means passing laterally `throughthe ranged means 'for securing the wedge members to the base ofrthe chair. Y Y

' In testimony whereof I .aliiX my signature in presence of two witnesses; Y

lWitnesses: l

J. W.v STANLEY,

BERNICE BUnHL.

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wedge members Vand the webs kof theY rails Y alongside of the chair, and vertically ar- 

